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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
Realized that the "non-affordable" fifth gen Camaro outsold the 4th gen almost 2-1, and it's only been on sale since 2010.
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I think part what is being missed is the natural price creep of the market change. A greater percentage of today's youth grew up under the impression of American cars being crappy and seeing all the "performance" imagery of the sport compact scene. At the same time we saw those of us that grew up on cheap (second hand) muscle cars and big engines have aged to the point where many want and can afford something more refined and comfortable. The only correct response from GM and the other two was to evolve the muscle/pony car offerings to include features and ride quality that attracts adults. The side effect being that as we see more young people gravitate back to American muscle we will hear more grousing about price points for the new car and less acknowledgement of the domestic sport compact offerings.
Hopefully we see some kind of a shift back to a more entry level price point but I would guess that the name won't be Camaro, Mustang, or Challenger. If they go through back with entry level pony cars I would expect to see Nova, Falcon, and who knows from Dodge since they made the Dart a sport compact.
-Tim